I Love Lucy episode guide – season 6 – final regular season

When Bob Hope is going to appear at Ricky’s club, Lucy is afraid that he’s afraid of her … and so she goes to the baseball game to explain that he has nothing to fear, leading to her impersonating a hot dog vendor, and being the cause of Bob Hope being hit on the head! Later, she tries to impersonate a baseball player in order to get near to him, but Ricky turns the tables on her … with Lucy having the last laugh, appearing in the show with Ricky and Bob Hope.

After Ricky and Lucy argue about what Little Ricky will be when he grows up (Doctor or Drummer), Little Ricky takes to the drums like a duck to water … and plays for days, until Fred and Ethel are ready to evict Ricky, Lucy and Little Ricky!

In order to catch up with Ricky and Fred in Florida, Lucy and Ethel ride with a strange woman (played by Elsa Lanchester) … but let their imaginations run away with them when they hear a radio report about an escaped murderer …

Lucy, fooling around with a trophy as a ‘hat’ gets it stuck on her head … and needs to get it off in time for Ricky to present the trophy! Includes the famous scene with Lucy riding the subway with the trophy on her head … unwittingly separated from Ethel.

When Little Ricky wants Superman to appear at his birthday party, momma Lucy decides to ‘impersonate’ the Man of Steel … not realizing that Ricky has contacted the TV star, leading Lucy to hide on the ledge in her Superman suit.

Little Ricky gets a new dog, a loud, barking, annoying dog … that he names Freddy, after his godfather Fred Mertz.

Lucy Wants to Move to the Country

Beginning the ‘move to the country’ story arc, Lucy wants to move to the country to raise Little Ricky. But she has buyer’s remorse when she realizes that she’ll be leaving Ethel and Fred behind, and entices them to help her avert the purchase of the new country house.

Inevitably, Lucy misses Ethel, and Ricky misses Fred – so the Ricardos plan a surprise visit back to the city; at the same time, the Mertzes plan a surprise visit to their friends the Ricardos in the country! Will they meet up? And why is Lucy hearing burglars?

The crew has relocated to Connecticut, and Lucy has volunteered Ricky and his band to perform for the local Historical Society. Only Ricky refuses to go along. So, Lucy decides to use the ‘other’ Ricky Ricardo — Little Ricky — and Fred, Ethel, Lucy and Little Ricky start rehearsing — badly.

When the Ricardos build a new barbeque grill in the backyard, and Lucy fears that she dropped her wedding ring into the mixture. She and Ethel tear it apart … and have to put it back together before Ricky and Fred get back.